On the Back Porch
Reading, pondering and studying God’s Word is sometimes best done “on the back porch.” Each week we will try to offer something for you and your “back porch time.”
Holy Trinity Sunday
Witnesses to the ends of the Earth
In Liturgical Year C, the celebration of the Most Holy Trinity offers an interesting combination of readings, history and theology. The “Detailed Commentary” offers a rich tapestry of the Scriptures that reveal the working of the Holy Trinity in the history of salvation, the way the Early Church Fathers began to explain the revealed truth of this mystery of God, and the way the great iconographers portrayed in all in their works, none more famous Andrei Rublev’s masterpiece. But the idea of the Holy Spirit as the source of Wisdom has deep roots in the Hebrew Scriptures, especially in the Book of Proverbs.
There is a lot to unpack in these readings, so grab your favorite beverage and take some time on the back porch.
Sunday Readings
Detailed Commentary
Trinity, Andrei Rublev, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow
The Holy Trinity
The Church distinguishes between theology (theologia) and economy (oikonomia). “Theology” refers to the mystery of God’s inmost life within the Blessed Trinity and “economy” to all the works by which God reveals himself and communicates his life. Through the oikonomia the theologia is revealed to us; but conversely, the theologia illuminates the whole oikonomia. God’s works reveal who he is in himself; the mystery of his inmost being enlightens our understanding of all his works. So it is, analogously, among human persons. A person discloses himself in his actions, and the better we know a person, the better we understand his actions. Want another explanation? Watch the video below!
Two Irish Lads Explain the Trinity
Just for fun…. take a moment to watch this video from Lutheran Satire. The Holy Trinity is a mystery which means it is beyong human words of explanation – not that we don’t give it a try. And those attempts often (techincaly) fall into heresy. Listen as two Irish lads explain the errors of St. Patrick’s explanations.